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Budget 2025: Insurers and experts hail game changing moves
The FDI limit being raised from 74% to 100% will prove to be a...
Union Budget 2025-26: Reshaping Indian insurance landscape
Tapan Singhel, MD&CEO, Bajaj General Insurance& Chairman,...
AIG commits to Net Zero Greenhouse Gas emissions across its underwriting & investment portfolios by 2050
“Leading change in a changing world requires being a company of action – and, as a market leader, AIG is committed to setting the standard with our actions. We believe today’s ESG commitments are an important step forward for AIG, the clients we serve and the global...
Niti Aayog developing National Gender Index
Niti Aayog has also developed a draft State Energy and Climate Index to assess the performance of states on indicators such as discoms’ viability and competition; access, affordability and reliability of energy; clean energy initiatives; energy efficiency; generation...
SC stays NGT ban on water purifiers where TDS below 500 mg per litre
The NGT had directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue directions to all RO manufacturers banning water purifiers where the level of total dissolved solids (TDS) in water is below 500 milligrams per litre. The tribunal had also asked the CPCB to...
India slips 3 spots on 17 SDG adopted as 2030 agenda, says report
India's rank dropped primarily because of major challenges in 11 SDGs including zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, gender equality and sustainable cities and communities. With the latest rankings, India is now behind all south Asian nations except Pakistan, which...
Govt may review timing of LIC IPO after Ukraine invasion: FM Sitharaman
“Ideally, I’d like to go ahead with it because we’d planned it for some time based purely on Indian considerations,” Sitharaman said “But if global considerations warrant that I need to look at it, I wouldn’t mind looking at it again,” she said New Delhi India may...
‘Delay means death’ – UN climate report urges immediate, drastic action
On nearly all counts, the report makes clear that climate change is impacting the world far faster than scientists had anticipated. Noting that nearly half the world's population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for...
Cabinet approves nationwide roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Under the ABDM, citizens will be able to create their Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers, to which their digital health records can be linked, the statement said The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the nationwide roll-out of the...
Niti studying proposal to tax foods high in sugar, salt to tackle obesity
''Niti Aayog, in collaboration with IEG and PHFI, is reviewing the evidence available to understand the actions India can take, such as front-of-pack labelling, marketing and advertising of HFSS foods and taxation of foods high in fats, sugar and salt, '' it said New...
Russia-Ukraine war: ECGC withdraws coverage for shipments to Russia
Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, ECGC in a communication said ''based on the near-term commercial outlook, it has been decided to modify the country risk classification of Russia under the short-term and medium-and-long term with effect from...
Government allows up to 20 per cent FDI in LIC under automatic route
Under current rules, foreign investment is not allowed in the LIC, governed by the special parliament act, while 74% foreign direct investment is allowed in other private insurance companies NEW DELHI: India's cabinet approved on Saturday a policy amendment allowing...